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District of Choice Scam

The District of Choice Program is not about the children -- it's about the money. Just like a pimp running a human trafficking ring, these districts put a price tag on each of the children who they can lure into their scheme.

The schools at the top of the list (with the largest enrollments have been poaching the best students from surrounding districts for more than 20 years under the District of Choice program. In all that time, those districts have neither filed the reports required by the District of Choice program, nor have those districts been audited as to their selection process. It's a huge scam to prop up declining enrollment.

In the richest districts of choice, proponents are lying (see last year's effort) to the parents of out-of-district students. All the abusers of the district-of-choice program placed bond measures on the ballot last year. The money will be used to build magnet facilities to attract out-of-district parents. Meanwhile, the local taxpayers pay for the bonds. Walnut Valley Unified, in particular, has spent $100,000,000 over the last 10 years on facilities to attract out-of-district parents and their children.

Bills in the California Legislature

Oak Park Unified, with 40% of its students coming from outside the district through the district of choice program is in Assembly District 44 (Jacqui Irwin).

An act to amend Sections 48301, 48306, 48307, and 48315 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 48311 of, the Education Code, relating to school attendance, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.